Electro-optical branching device and method of manufacturing the same
US4103154A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4287
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to optical communications by bundles of optical fibres. More particularly, the invention relates to a branching fiber optic connector device for optically and mechanically connecting two bundles of optical fibres with a single optical fibre and for supplying an electrical signal characteristic of the incident optical energy obtained by extracting part of the radiation in said fibre by means of a photodiode sealed to said fibre after removal of the cladding over a surface corresponding to the detecting surface of the photodiode, the refractive index of the sealing material being higher than the refractive index of the cladding.
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